Everywhere we turn we hear that our two party system has gone to hell. And yes, on one or two issues that could be the case, but across the board it appears to be live and kicking, or does it? Setting the healthcare issue aside for a moment let’s look at what else is happening. Most recently we find that there is a bipartisan bill on Immigration on President Obama’s desk; the ball’s in the administration’s court.
Another battle looms ahead on Cap-And-Trade yet I see that there is a bipartisan bill in the Senate. The ball’s in that court.
The House and Senate both have pushed a bipartisan bill forward to preserve the space program. Fundamentally it is a “job” protection bill, but it is bipartisan.
Five Republican senators have backed the Democrats jobs bill. Not a lot, but signals some give; more bipartisan.
Republicans and Democrats, in a firm show of bipartisanship, call President Obama’s budget outrageous because it cuts subsidies to wealthy farmers. Together at last.
But, lo and behold, things were getting carried away, so what happens?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gets involved and rejects the jobs bill, although it is endorsed by the White House.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, decides to shuck the work accomplished with Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, and go it alone. Thinking is that if the Dems are going to cram healthcare through with “reconciliation” he might as well get this done the same way. Remember now, this is the same Chris Dodd that, along with Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, that supported the financial “Ménage à trois” that precipitated the 2008 collapse.
Obama proposes to cut the moon exploration program. But, partisan lawmakers were back at it yesterday.
And to cap it all off, we see that Nancy Pelosi has decided that “A bill can be bipartisan without partisan votes”.
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